December 2011
8 posts
Reasons to Not Use the Self-Checkout at the...
You’re paying with cash. A human cashier can process a handful of bills and change much faster than you can feed it into a machine.
You’re buying produce. A human cashier deals with produce all the time. They have the routine down pat. They can ring up your cantaloupe much faster than you can navigate through the menus looking for ‘cantaloupe’ only to realize it’s...
Programming Fonts
Twice during the past year I’ve tried using Inconsolata as my main programming font for several weeks at a time. It seems to be the one the cool kids are into now. It’s certainly very nice and modern. Especially at larger sizes. But I’m switching back to 12pt Monaco again. Monaco has a certain “weight” to it which I find comforting. Inconsolata feels a little too...
Text Mate 2 Alpha
I’m really happy to see the TextMate 2 alpha released earlier this week. However, it’s more of a symbolic release than a real usable everyday editor. That should be obvious from the “alpha” label. Normally I wouldn’t bother to download and try out alpha software but this is TextMate 2.
This alpha this week is official confirmation that TextMate is not dead as many...
Simplicity →
I absolutely love this. Good writers have a knack for saying exactly what I’m thinking but can put words to those thoughts which I can’t.
Don't Be a Free User →
Online services do cost money to create, operate and maintain. Bandwidth isn’t free either. I do love Instagram and Stamped but how do they plan on sustaining themselves over the long run? Even if they charged 99 cents for the app they’d have a lot more revenue than they do right now. Maybe premium services like additional storage, prints, high-res photos. Just not ads please....
Facebook Confirms Gowalla Acquisition →
According to this Mashable article Facebook bought Gowalla but not their service, technology or user data. They’re getting just the people. About 30 of them if Wikipedia’s information on Gowalla is accurate. I would image Gowalla’s employees had an opportunity to opt-out of the transition so the final total is probably less than 30.
I really like Gowalla as a check-in service....
Music Emblematic of the 2000's
The first ten years of the 2000’s are over and this post is about a year late. What music is going to emerge as truly representative of that period? More importantly, what do we call that decade? So far nothing has emerged in the pop-culture lexicon as a short and catchy name for the first ten years of the 2000’s. That, I think, is the biggest problem when trying to identify the music...